Re: Beardfish makes Mike Portnoy's Top 10 albums of the Decade

Re: Beardfish makes Mike Portnoy's Top 10 albums of the Decade

I don't know if I agree with Mike on this one, Bigelf was a good band and were cool to see live but I don't know if I would rank them that high. They were definitely go under Beardfish on mine, mainly because I would have rather seen Beardfish at PN09 than them.

Re: Beardfish makes Mike Portnoy's Top 10 albums of the Decade

Well, that's cool I would have chosen "Ghost Reveries" for Opeth instead though, and a whole bunch of the other albums/bands in general on there have not even touched my stereo, but it's nice to be on the list!

Re: Beardfish makes Mike Portnoy's Top 10 albums of the Decade

Yeah, I don't like most of those bands, but I'm not a metal fan anyway. Although I do like some Dream Theater. As for a top 10, I dunno. I used to only listen to jazz and jazz-rock until a friend introduced me to Muse at the end of last year, and then Beardfish and about 5 other bands, but I'm still discovering music I like. It's exciting. But I agree with Mike putting Absolution first, having the SiT albums, and (Bertovo) having some TMV (though I would've picked Frances the Mute).

Re: Beardfish makes Mike Portnoy's Top 10 albums of the Decade

Gungfly - Please Be Quiet (This album has become an addiction of sorts, it receives daily listens on the way to the office)

Opeth - Watershed (I know it already seems like I'm picking new albums but this one was mind blowing as well with songs such as Burden, Hessian Peel, and The Lotus Eater)

Transatlantic - SMPT:e

Dethklok - The Dethalbum II

The Mars Volta - Frances The Mute

Mastodon - Blood Mountain

Oysterhead - The Grand Pecking Order

Pain of Salvation - Be

The Pineapple Thief - Tightly Unwound

At the Drive-In - Relationship of Command

That's a pretty good list, I have a great dislike for most American metal bands, although a few seem to be making an effort Lamb of God, Slipknot, and even recent Metallica just get on my nerves, it's just grinding and growls, no substance.

Re: Beardfish makes Mike Portnoy's Top 10 albums of the Decade

I'm finding this to be difficult, which is why I decided to make the list! So much fun Anyway...

1. Beardfish - Destined Solitaire - I feel like Beardfish's albums keep getting better, so if the trend continues the next album will replace this one

2. Opeth - Watershed - I completely agree with the previous poster, this album is amazing. For one thing, the keyboards on The Lotus Eater are pure Canterbury. So refreshing to see something like that in death metal.)

3. Pain of Salvation - Remedy Lane - Close choice between this and every other PoS album, Entropia is actually my favorite, but it came out two years too soon to be eligible on the list.

4. The Tangent - A Place in the Queue - The Music that Died Alone and Down and Out in Paris and London come close, but they'll probably never top this one for me.

5. Riverside - Out of Myself - Almost a tie between this and Anno Domini High Definition, either way, can't wait to see them at NEARFest

7. Van Der Graaf Generator - Trisector - I feel like an album by VDGG (my personal favorite band) should be at the top of my list, but I'm willing to assume this is simply the band's (second) warmup, since they only recently reformed. Still, an excellent album in my opinion, even if it doesn't top Godbluff or Pawn Hearts (not that many things can).

9. Parallel or 90 Degrees - Unbranded - If only this album weren't impossible to find.

10. Ayreon - The Human Equation - Only Arjen Lucassen can blend opera and metal in a way that I don't find annoying and pretentious. I actually prefer Into the Electric Castle, but as with Pain of Salvation, it isn't eligible.

Runner Ups (or Runner's Up?)

11. The Flower Kings - Sum of No Evil

12. Liquid Tension Experiment - When the Keyboard Breaks: Live in Chicago

Re: Beardfish makes Mike Portnoy's Top 10 albums of the Decade

How is Heavy Construktion? I'm a huge fan of King Crimson live albums (I have quite a few more for KC than any other band) and I don't have that one. The tracklist on ProgArchives has a lot of song names I've never seen before (especially the third one) which makes me think it's a disk full of improv, basically exactly what I want from a KC live album

Besides that, you really liked PFM's Dracula that much? I haven't been too impressed with their new stuff Maybe my problem is that I compare the new albums to Storia Di Un Minuto ect.

Re: Beardfish makes Mike Portnoy's Top 10 albums of the Decade

TheDogman wrote:

How is Heavy Construktion? I'm a huge fan of King Crimson live albums (I have quite a few more for KC than any other band) and I don't have that one. The tracklist on ProgArchives has a lot of song names I've never seen before (especially the third one) which makes me think it's a disk full of improv, basically exactly what I want from a KC live album

Yep, think The ProjeKcts vs. Thrakkattak. Great Crimso improvs. If you have the Eyes Wide Open DVD you should know what to expect.Also the CoL stuff is great live.

Besides that, you really liked PFM's Dracula that much? I haven't been too impressed with their new stuff Maybe my problem is that I compare the new albums to Storia Di Un Minuto ect.

Yeah, I like Dracula. It has some great vocal lines and nice orchestrations. Sure, I love the classic albums, but those were released way before 2000

Re: Beardfish makes Mike Portnoy's Top 10 albums of the Decade

I'm a huge fan of the ProjeKts (I have 1-4 and ProjecKt X), but Thrakkattak... not so much. I found it to be a bit abrasive, though not COMPLETELY unpleasant. After listening to a few samples I think I'll take a chance and get one of Amazon's used copies of Heavy ConstruKtion

By the way if you like Italian prog I suggest you check out the three albums I named higher up. There are (interestingly) quite a few bands that have released albums in the last decade, including some reformations like PFM and some new ones like La Torre Dell'Alchemista and Il Bacio Della Medusa. Osanna (another comeback) is a really interesting one if you're a VDGG fan (like I am), if only for the novelty There's a cover of Theme One on it though, which is always nice.